Sunday, May 7, 2017

New York Times Op-Ed Salutes Communism

The New York Times, aka “The Truth,” recently published an
op-ed piece praising…communism. The post was part of the paper’s series called
“Red Century” that purported to explore communism 100 years after the Russian
Revolution, and touted communism for helping to shape Americans, and the
American political landscape.

The
op-ed’s author wrote: “It is perhaps hard to understand now, but at that time,
in this place, the Marxist vision of world solidarity as translated by the
Communist Party induced in the most ordinary of men and women a sense of one’s
own humanity that ran deep, made life feel large; large and clarified. It was
to this clarity of inner being that so many became not only attached, but
addicted.”

Furthermore,
according to the Blaze, when the Times publicized the op-ed on Twitter, it
added: “Communism once gave ordinary Americans a sense of their humanity.”

Really?

Talk
about “fake op-eds!”

“The
Marxist vision of world solidarity” is simply that the whole world must be
Marxist. This is why Marxist lead countries attack, annex and absorb other
countries with impunity, whereas the United States utterly freed the nations it
has conquered in wartime, typically giving them wads of cash as a parting gift.

It is
irrefutable that communism induced a deep sense of mortality into men and women, ordinary or not, given that it was
responsible for exterminating the lives of at least 90-100 million souls. To
the extent it made life large and clarified, it was only because everywhere one
looks in a communist society, there are massive, sterile posters and placards
telling you what to think, say, and do. Red letter dates, admonitions, and
exhortations to toil harder for the state.

It is
indeed bizarre that, in many circles, communism gets a bit of a “pass” in the
West, whereas Nazism and fascism are, rightly,
so deeply reviled. (For a great take on that topic, watch Prager University’s
short video, “Why Isn’t Communism as Hated as Nazism?” at dennisprager.com).

Communism
ruined and/or ended countless numbers of lives around the world. The slaughter
of one million people by the Khmer Rouge in the Killing Fields of Cambodia
certainly “shaped” the lives of many. It may have even given them a sense of
their own “humanity,” tragically enough.

Yes, communism
“clarified” life for the over a billion people who’ve lived under its
staggeringly oppressive rule, many of whom waited in long lines for a potato
and a roll of crappy toilet paper.

It
“clarified” life for many of the rest of us more fortunate souls, as well. (See
also, the “Cold War”).

Daily Trivia Quiz Answer

Today's Answer: Andrew Jackson. ("Poll" got so worked up before the service he apparently had to be removed from the premises, as he was cussing long and loud).

Q) What words appear on the front of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, alongside the likeness of presidents?

A) "Liberty" and "In God We Trust"

An Ode To Life

Appreciate all you have, as it- and you- will soon be gone. Leave no heartfelt words unspoken, no sweet gesture incomplete, no act of love undone. Love your spouse with passion and abandon, your kids with patience and understanding but also a firm guidance. Love also the truth, no matter how hard. If pursued by enough people with enough courage, it really will set us free.

And don't forget, we didn't ask to be born. We didn't create ourselves. We are not gods. There is a higher power.

Fireworks of the Mind

Write It Up

Whence Shall Come Another?

True Then, True Now

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."- Winston Churchill

Time Well Wasted

The power lies within your hands To do with what you may But the hourglass is filled with sands Of endless yesterdays